Weather Spoils Harvest

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1317

Date Released

30 Aug 1954

Date submitted

24 Aug 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Weather Spoils Harvest
2. 2Miss Great Britain
3. 3US Train Wreck
4. 4Errand of Mercy
5. 5New Mine Destroyer
6. 6A Dog’s Life
7. 7Ride’em Cowboy
8. 8War on Gnats
9. 9Mecca Pilgrimage
10. *Southport Flower Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Harvesting Story. DESCRIPTION: Thanks to the bad weather, crops this year have suffered severely in many parts of the country. Mr Cave, a Wiltshire farmer comments on the task ahead of him. SHOTLIST: Low angle shot of combine harvester working. A farmer picking up wheat and throwing it away in disgust. CU of farmer speaking with part of the harvester in the background. Interior scenes of a drying plant in action. Man loading the machine. CU of hands squeezing the wet grass.

Keywords

Weather; Agriculture; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Wiltshire; Guildford

Card file number

61694

Credits:

Soundman

Derek Stiles

Camera

George Richardson

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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